Neo-Nazi in murder trial gets makeover for trial
Criminal Law
A Florida judge has ruled that the state must pay for a costmetologist to cover up neo-Nazi tattoos on a man on trial in a murder case.
Judge Michael Andrews, acting on a request by the man's lawyer, ruled that the tattoos are potentially offensive and could influence a jury's opinion. He ruled that the state must pay a cosmetologist up to $150 a day during John Allen Ditullio's trial on murder and attempted murder charges and apply makeup to cover up the black ink.
The 23-year-old faces the death penalty if convicted of donning a gas mask, breaking into a neighbor's home and stabbing two people, killing one of them.
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